AIDS Treatment News - 1999
Published by: John S. James

Table Of Contents

AIDS Treatment News 333: December 17
AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Index, 1999; Buyers' Club List, December 1999; Help Wanted, News Producer, UCSF Web Site; Medical Donations for Cuba; Northern California: One-Day Advocacy Conference, January 29; San Francisco General Hospital Funding Crisis: Call for Information; AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Millennium Plans
AIDS Treatment News 332: December 3
Hydroxychloroquine+ddI+Hydroxyurea Antiretroviral Trial, AIDS Research Alliance, Los Angeles; Copyright restrictions block non-English AIDS Information; Treatment and Related AIDS Email Lists
AIDS Treatment News 331: November 19
Restoring HIV-Specific Immunity: Telephone Conference December 8; Internet Fundraising: Online Auctions Now for AIDS Project Los Angeles, San Francisco AIDS Foundation; Online Donation Available; Seattle Trade Meeting: What Can Be Done for Treatment Access? Interview with James Love; FDA Clarifies Rules, Allows Combining Antiretrovirals in Clinical Trials; National AIDS Treatment Advocates Forum (NATAF), Dec. 11-14, Miami Beach; Update on Tenofovir (PMPA) Compassionate Access Study; ddI, d4T, Hydroxyurea: New Pancreatitis Warning
AIDS Treatment News 330: November 5
Pharmaceutical Patents and Developing Countries; Flyer for Progressives; Simultaneous Conferences Last Week: Lisbon, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur; Durban Conference: February Deadlines, New Track, and Community Program; Activism Today: The Coalition for Salvage Therapy. Interview with Linda Grinberg; Adefovir: FDA Committee Votes Against Approval; ddI: FDA Approves Once-Daily Dosing; Tenofovir (PMPA) Compassionate Access Study Opens
AIDS Treatment News 329: October 15
FDA Advisory Meetings: Adefovir, Nov. 1; Resistance Testing Nov. 2-3; Women and HIV/AIDS Conference: Tape, Web Reports Available; Retroviruses Conference: Community Press Registration Deadline November 12; IL-2 Low Dose and Treatment Interruption: Interview with Kendall A. Smith, M.D.
AIDS Treatment News 328: October 1
Medicaid: You Don't Always Have to Be 'Disabled' New AmFAR Treatment Directory Now Available; ICAAC: New Drugs in Late Breaker Session; ICAAC Conference Reports on the Web; ABT-378 Early Access Program Begins
AIDS Treatment News 327: September 17
Washington Physicians' Panel on AIDS: Video Available; Teleconference October 12: National Conference on Women and HIV/AIDS; Teleconference September 29: Treatment News from ICAAC Conference; Vaporizers for Medical Marijuana; Biological Treatment Approaches, Including Tat Toxoid Vaccine: Interview with Robert Gallo, M.D.
AIDS Treatment News 326: September 3
Seattle Demonstration Preparations for Global Trade Meeting; Brazil May Stop HIV Drug Access; Problems Also Reported from Argentina; Activists Block Gore's Office to Protest Terms of Africa Deal; Treatment Advocacy Program Trains 200: Interview with Matt Sharp; HIV & AIDS Treatment Registry Database: Public Registry Now Online; Opportunistic Infections: New Treatment Guidelines Published August 20; Lipodystrophy: Free Teleconference Sept. 15, Tape and Transcript Available Later
AIDS Treatment News 325: August 20
San Francisco General Hospital: Studies for Patients Beginning Antiretroviral Treatment; Poppers: More Evidence of Suppressed Immunity; AIDS Jobs Available; Lymphoma Patient Educational Forum, October 16-17, Manhattan Beach; Growth Hormone Symposium, October 7-10, 1999; 1999 National Conference on Women and HIV/AIDS, Los Angeles, October 9-12, Scholarship Deadline Sept. 1; United States Conference on AIDS, Nov. 5-8 in Denver; Retroviruses Conference Dates and Deadlines; Upcoming Research and Treatment Conferences, Meetings
AIDS Treatment News 324: August 6
Statement on Needle Exchange; AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Statement for Africa Hearing; FDA Hearing Highlights Opposition to Dietary Supplement Practices; Written Comments Due August 20; International AIDS Treatment Momentum: Interview with Paul Boneberg, Global AIDS Action Network; Diarrhea: New Treatment Option from Shaman
AIDS Treatment News 323: July 18
Charges Dropped in Sex Sting; Protecting Yourself Online; Help Wanted: National Treatment Educator and Medical Advocate, Los Angeles; New York Area and Worldwide: Call-In Radio Program on HIV; African American: Conference Dates Set; Web-Based Survey: Symptom Management for Persons Living with HIV; Current HIV Treatment Review on Web; Resistance Conference Reports; ICAAC Conference in San Francisco, September 26-29; T-20: 5-Drug Combination Trial for Heavily Treated NNRTI-Naive Patients Now Recruiting; Major Advance in Protecting Newborns: One Nevirapine Dose Cuts Infection in Half
AIDS Treatment News 322: July 2
Africa, Access, and Patents: Moving Fast; Medical Marijuana: California Task Force Proposes Registration System; Hearing Set for July 13; Ribavirin for Hepatitis C: 80% Price Reduction Available July 9?; Immune Reconstitution: New Review on Web; Organ Transplants: One Million Dollars for Research; Ritonavir (Norvir®) Capsules Back: Refrigeration Optional
AIDS Treatment News 321: June 18
Action Alert: Drug-Patent Bill Could Cost Patients $3 Billion+; Hearing July 1; FDA Public Meeting on Dietary Supplement Regulation, Oakland, CA, July 20, Register by July 14; Written Comment Deadline August 20; Salvage Therapy Workshop: More Web Reports; India Research Opportunities, Price and Patent Problems: Interview with David Scondras; Neuropathy: Call for Information on Voltaren Emulgel (Topical Diclofenac Sodium)
AIDS Treatment News 320: June 4
AEGIS Nominated to UNESCO 'Memory of the World'; Panama: Modern Antiretroviral Treatment Will Be Available; Threat to Compounding of Topical Testosterone, Other Pharmaceuticals: FDA Proposes Limit on Interstate Shipment; Salvage Therapy Workshop in Toronto: Reports on Web; HE2000 Begins Clinical Trials: Interview with James Frincke, Ph.D.; Treatment Interruption Research: The Trial Most Needed Now; Eradication or Immune Control: New Research, Issue of Focus
AIDS Treatment News 319: May 21
Medical Marijuana: AIDS-Related Information in the New Federal Report; Medicaid Early Treatment Bill Now in Congress ; Hundred Million Dollar Program for Public-Private AIDS Research and Outreach in Africa; Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Available; Telephone Conference Call June 7 on HIV Treatment; REMUNE Trial Will Stop; New Trials Planned
AIDS Treatment News 318: May 7
California Alert: Oppose HIV Names Reporting; International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization, May 16; Corrections, Issue #317; U.S. Vaccine Trial: New Email List; African American Treatment Advocacy Funding Available, May 14 Deadline; Africa and HIV/AIDS: Email Communication List; Model AIDS Program Housed in African-American Church; Managed Care Problems: San Francisco Hearing Set for May 13; Lipodystrophy Conference, June 26-28 in San Diego; Gates Foundation Donates $25 Million for AIDS Vaccine Initiative; Interrupting HAART; Hydroxyurea; Five+ Drug Therapy-- Report from the RIGHT Conference; VIAGRA: New Warning with Protease Inhibitors; Amprenavir, New Protease Inhibitor, Approved
AIDS Treatment News 317: April 16
San Francisco General Outpatient Pharmacy Problems; Fish Oil Reduced Heart Disease in Controlled Trial; T-Cell Activation Predictive of Poor Survival in Advanced Disease; Online Chat with Expert Physician, April 28; Federal Guidelines for Treatment of HIV: Free Telephone Conference May 10; Clinton/Gore Top Staffs: Pharmaceutical Background; James Love, Consumer Project on Technology; New Frontier of AIDS Activism: International Trade Rules and Global Access to Medicines; Poppers: Large Cancer Increase and Immune Suppression in Animal Tests
AIDS Treatment News 316: April 2
Vaccine and Microbicide Tax Credit Legislation Introduced in Congress; Federal Employees--New Life Insurance Option April 1 - May 31 Only; Medicare Recipients--New Income Limits Can Increase Cash, Medical Benefits; Viral Resistance Testing: Practical Issues and Future Opportunities--Interview with Thomas Merigan, M.D.
AIDS Treatment News 315: March 19
San Francisco Area: Important Cyclosporin Study Recruiting; California: 9th Annual AIDS Lobby Day, April 19; Medical Marijuana: Major Report Released March 17; African-American AIDS Conference Full, Available on Web; Health GAP Coalition--New Group for International Treatment Access; New Antiviral Substances Found with HCG; Lipodystrophy: Glaxo Researchers Suggest Mechanisms, Publish Data
AIDS Treatment News 314: March 5
Los Angeles: Activist Training, March 27; National AIDS Update, San Francisco, March 23-26: Treatment, Science Coverage; Neuropathy: Nutritional Prevention/Treatment Suggested; Viral Load 50-Copy Test Approved; Meeting on Compulsory Licensing, Geneva, March 25-27; Interview with James Love, Consumer Project on Technology; Compulsory Licensing for Bridging the Gap--Treatment Access in Developing Countries: Interview with James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
AIDS Treatment News 313: February 18
11th National HIV/AIDS Update Conference, San Francisco, March 23-26; Washington D.C.: Retroviruses Conference Update, February 25; Medical Marijuana: Major AIDS Organizations Seek Legal Access; Keep Your Medicare In Force As You Go Back to Work (What To Do And When To Do It); Tuberculosis Control: Many Cases Found Transmitted Despite Negative Result on Standard Test; San Francisco: New HMO Problems Threaten Access to Care; Strategy Trials: The Answer?; Retroviruses Conference: Finding Information on the Web; Kaposi's Sarcoma: New Topical Treatment Approved
AIDS Treatment News 312: February12
International Health: Preparing for the 21st Century, San Francisco, February 27; 3rd International Conference on Nutrition and HIV Infection (Focusing on Metabolic Complications), Cannes, France, April 22-25; Houston, April 30: Eleventh Annual Houston Conference on AIDS in America; HIV-Specific Immunity: Major Conference Sessions; Restoring HIV-Specific Immunity; Retroviruses Conference, Chicago 1999
AIDS Treatment News 311: January 22
A Visit to India: Drug Prices, Research, & Global Access; Global PWA Conference in Warsaw, August 13-19; Help Wanted, San Francisco: Recruitment Coordinator and Health Educator, Resume Due Jan. 29; HIV Therapy: Retroviruses Meeting Report by Telephone Conference, February 4; AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Next Issue Delayed One Week; Retroviruses Conference Coverage on the Web; New Healthcare Economics Threaten HIV Specialization, Patient Choice, & Quality Care
AIDS Treatment News 310: January 8
AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Financial Disclosure Update; San Francisco: HMO Coverage of Acupuncture; Writer Needs Help: Legal Defense Fund; West Indies Conference: Report on Web; Altered Body Shape: Teleconference January 20, Recording, Transcript Available; Robert Gallo Calls for New Treatment Approach; Improving Drug Development: Exploratory Clinical Studies; Ziagen™ (Abacavir) Approved: Caution Essential; Treatments, Issues to Watch
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